Yahya ibn Ayyub, Qutaybah ibn Sa‘id, and Ibn Hujr narrated to us, all from Isma‘il — Ibn Ayyub said: Isma‘il ibn Ja‘far narrated to us — ‘Amr ibn Abi ‘Amr, the freed slave of al-Muttalib ibn ‘Abdullah ibn Hantab, informed me that he heard Anas ibn Malik say: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said to Abu Talhah: "Find me a boy from your boys to serve me." So Abu Talhah set out with me, seating me behind him on his mount, and I would serve the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, whenever he halted. He said in the hadith: Then he came forward, and when Uhud appeared before him, he said: "This is a mountain that loves us and we love it." When he came in sight of Medina, he said: "O Allah, I declare sacred what is between its two mountains, just as Ibrahim declared Mecca sacred. O Allah, bless them in their mudd and their sa‘."